Most sixes in a T20 World Cup

T20 cricket is the most famous and entertaining format of cricket around the world. Power shots make this shortest format of the game exciting by hitting the ball outside the boundary lines. In the T20 World Cup, a batsman like Yuvraj Singh even hit 6 sixes in a single over of Stuart Broad in the first season, which was a record to achieve this feat at the international level. No batsman has achieved this milestone in a T20 World Cup since Yuvraj Singh.

The most sixes in the T20 World Cup goes to Chris Gayle, West Indies' most dangerous batsman. He is leading the list of sixes in the T20 World Cup.

Let's see who comes after Gayle in the T20 World Cup six-man list:

1. Chris Gayle (63 sixes in 33 matches)

Chris Gayle, the left-handed batsman from the West Indies, is at the top of the T20 World Cup. He is the most dangerous batsman in the shortest format of the game and has hit 63 sixes in the World T20 from 31 innings. In the T20 World Cup in 2007, he gave his all in the 1st match against South Africa, where he scored 117 from 57 balls, which helped West Indies to add 205 runs on the scoreboard, but they could not save at all. Despite Windes losing the match, Gayle was adjudged the man of the match for his eye-catching performance. Chris Gayle made his T20 debut against New Zealand in Auckland on 16 February 2006 and his last T20 appearance was against Australia in Abu Dhabi on 6 November 2021. He has played 79 T20Is and added 1899 runs since his debut. with a strike rate of 137.50.

2. Rohit Sharma (34 sixes in 33 games)

India batsman Rohit Sharma is in the 2nd position for hitting the most sixes in the T20 World Cup. He added 31 sixes from his 30 innings in the T20 World Cup and is the second Indian batsman to hit the most number of sixes in the T20 World Cup. Rohit Sharma's highest individual score in the T20 World Cup is an unbeaten 79 runs in the 15th match against Australia, which was 185 runs in 2010. He played in 33 matches in his T20 World Cup career from 2007 to 2016. and scored 847 runs at a strike rate of 131.5. Rohit made his T20 debut against England on 19 September 2007 in Durban, since then he has played 125 matches and added 3313 runs for India at a strike rate of 139.55.

3. Yuvraj Singh (33 sixes in 31 games)

Yuvraj Singh, the former Indian left-arm all-rounder, is ranked No.3 in the T20 World Cup. In his T20 World Cup career from 2007 to 2016, he featured in 31 T20Is where he hit 33 sixes in 28 innings. His best performance in the T20 World Cup was in the 2007 semi-final against Australia where he scored 70 runs to help India reach the final and Yuvi was adjudged the man of the match. He has always been an important part of the Indian team in every format of the game, but after the 2014 T20 World Cup final, he faced so much hatred from the public. He made his T20 debut against Scotland on 13 September 2007 in Durban and has since added 1177 runs from 51 T20 innings at a strike rate of 136.38.

4. Shane Watson (31 sixes in 24 games)

Shane Watson, the former right-handed Australian all-rounder, is ranked No. 4 in the T20 World Cup six-man list. Shane Watson was a vital player who loved to bat as well as the ball, hitting 31 sixes from his 22 innings in the T20 World Cup with his highest score of 81 runs. In his T20 World Cup career from 2007 to 2016, he played 24 matches for Australia, scoring 537 runs at a strike rate of 140.94 with 5 fifties. He made his T20 debut for Australia against South Africa on 24 February 2006 and has since added 1462 runs from 56 T20 innings at a strike rate of 145.32.

4. Shane Watson (31 sixes in 24 games)

David Warner, a left-arm opener from Australia, is ranked No.5 in the T20 World Cup. David Warner is one of the best openers in the world who hit 31 sixes in 30 innings in the T20 World Cup. In his T20 World Cup from 2007-2021, he played in 30 matches and added 762 runs for his team at a strike rate of 135.10. In the final session of the T20 World Cup 2021, David Warner finished as the 2nd highest run scorer and gave his all in the 38th match of the T20 World Cup 2021 against West Indies Aylan where he scored an unbeaten 89 runs.

List of Most sixes in T20 World Cup

Player	Sixes	Matches	Team	Best
Chris Gayle	63	33	West Indies	117
Rohit Sharma	34	32	India	79*
Yuvraj Singh	33	31	India	70
Shane Watson	31	24	Australia	81
David Warner	31	30	Australia	89*
AB de Villiers	30	30	South Africa	79*
Jos Buttler	26	21	England	101*
Dwayne Bravo	25	34	West Indies	66*
Mahila Jayawardene	25	31	Sri Lanka	100
JP Duminy	23	25	South Africa	86*

Come see which player has scored the most sixes in each T20 World Cup tournament. Check the list below.

Most sixes in T20 World Cup in Each Edition

Player	Sixes	Matches	Team	Year
Craig McMillan	13	6	New Zealand	2007
Yuvraj Singh	9	5	India	2009
Cameron White	12	7	Australia	2010
Chris Gayle	16	6	West Indies	2012
Stephan Myburgh	13	7	Netherland	2014
Tamim Iqbal	14	4	Bangladesh	2016
Jos Buttler	13	6	England	2021